Weather-strip.



No. 818,268. 'PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906.

I L. W. WOODBURN.

, WEATHER STRIP.

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WEATHER STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31,1905.

as am UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS W. WOODBURN, OF CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS.

WEATHER-STRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1906.

1 Application filed July 31, 1905. Serial No. 272,056.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEwIs W. WOODBURN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Charleston, in the county of Goles and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather-Strips andI do hereby declare the following to be a full be adjustably fastened toa door in such a manner that as the knob-shaft carried by the door isrocked the weather-strip may be raised as the door is opened, and meansis also provided for holding theweather-strip in a raised position whilethe door is opened.

The invention consists, further, in the provision of a doorweather-strip so arranged that it may be actuated or not as the door isclosed, and comprisesvarious details of construction, comblnations, andarrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, andthen specifically defined in the appended claims.

My inventionis illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a door, showing my improvedweather-strip as applied thereto, arts of the casing being removed tobetter i1 ustrate the details of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a door, showing my inparts for actuating thesame, and said casing is fastened, preferably, to the outer face of thedoor near the bottom thereof. D designates aweather-strip which may beof any suitabldmaterial that may be found well adapted for the purposeand is substantially of a length equal to the width of the door.Guide-arms D project'from the face of said casing and serve to guide theweatherstrip in its vertical movement.

G and G designate two angled levers, the former of which 1s pivotallymounted upon a pin G and the latter upon a pin G projecting from thewall of said casing.

H designates a bar having a lug H projecting from one end thereof, whichengages an a erture in an arm of the lever G, and a simi ar lug Hprojects from the opposite end of the bar'I-I and engages an aperture inthe angled lever G. The bar H is guided in its movements by means of acontinuation of one of the guide members which serve to retain theweather-stri in its vertical position.

An arm of the ang ed lever G has a series of apertures e therein for thereception of the lower angled .end of the rod I, which is adapted toengage one or another of said apertures for the purpose of raising thelong arm of the lever G and in so doing assist in raising theweather-strip D through the medium of the link E, which is connected atits lower end to the loop F and at its upper end to said lever G. Therod I passes through an aperture in the bottom of the casing'I, which isadapted to be fastened to the face of a door and also passes through anaperture in a boxing J and as a head I at its upper end.

K designates a yoke, the free ends of which are bent toward each other,and the lower contracted end of said yoke is apertured, as at K, for thereception of said rod I. A spring J is interposed between the lower endof the boxing and the contracted bottom of said yoke and serves tonormally hold the yoke in its highest position. A knob-shaft M passesthrough an aperture in said boxing J and also through a rocking member0, the arms of which are positioned underneath the angled endsofsaidyoke and against which they are adapted to bear as said member isrocked. It will'be noted that the'head I of the rod I engages theportion of the yoke about the aperture K and has a tendency to draw downthe yoke against the tension of the spring J, as the weather-strip islowered.

Mountedin a suitable guide L, projecting from the casing in which theweather-strip is held, is a bolt L, the inner end of which is threadedand is mounted in the threaded end of a yoke N, which latter has a shankportion N with an angled end N Q designates an angled lever pivotallymounted at Q and having an arm Q to which the angled end N of said shankportion N is pivotally connected, and the other arm Q of the lever Qprojects underneath a lug g, carried by the angled lever G, which ispivotally connected to the casing at G Said weather-strip D, which isprovided with the loops F F, is supported by means of the bars E and E,each of said barsbeing turned into a roll for engagement with its loopand the upper end of the bar E is pivot- .ally mounted upon the lug 6,while the upper end of the bar E is pivotally connected to the pivot-pine.

The lever G is provided with a lug G projecting from one arm of saidlever adjacent to the end thereof which is pivoted to the bar E, and. Wdesignates a longitudinally-movable rod which is mounted at one end in aguide D, and its other end is connected'to the up er end of a lever T,which. latter is pivota 1y mounted upon the pivot Q. A spring T isfastened at one end to the casing in which the weather-strip is housed,and its other end is connected to the lever T. Dependin from the rod Wis an angled arm V, the ang ed end of whichis normally positioned toengage underneath the lug Gr for the purpose of holding theweather-strip in an elevated position. Projecting from the face of thelever T is a lug 25, positioned in the path of the arm Q of the lever Q,whereby as the lever Q rocks upon its pivot in one direction said arm Qwill contact with the lug t and. cause the lever T to tilt and alsocause the rod W to be moved longitudinally in one direction sufficientto throw the angled end of the arm V from under the lug G which will.allow the weather-strip to fall by gravity.

A spring Q is secured at one end to the easing in which theweather-strip is housed, and its other end is fastened to the arm Q ofthe lever Q, the urpose'of said spring being to normally hoid the leverQ in the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, in which theweather-strip is held above the lower edge of the door.

The frame of the door is recessed away, as at S, and S designates aplate (shown clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawings) which is pivotallymounted upon the door-frame and has a proj ection S forming a handle,whereby the plate may be swung so as to expose the opening into therecess or close the same, accordingly as it maybe desired to allow theweather strip to be held above the lower edge of the door or allowed tofall so as to engage the threshold. l

In operation, when it is desired to hold the weather-strip above thelower edge of the door it will be noted that the spring J will serve tohold the yoke K, so that the upper end thereof will not bear against themember without in any way affecting theweatherstrip; but when it isdesired to cause the weather-strip to be actuated as the door is openedand closed the plate S is first closed over the recess S, and when thedoor is closed the outer end of the bolt L, coming in contact with theplate S, will cause a longitudinal movement to be imparted to the boltL, which is connected to the lever Q, causing the latter to tilt underthe tension of the spring Q, the arm Q of said lever Q will tilt downout of engagement with the lug g, and when the inner edge of the arm Qofsaid lever Q comes in contact with the lug upon the lever T the latterwill be tilted under the action of the spring T, and the rod W will begiven a longitudinal movement by reason of its being connected with thelever T, and the depending arm V depending from the rod W will be movedfrom underneath the lug G, thus allowing the weather-strip to fall bygravity, the falling of the weather-strip will draw down upon the longarm of the lever G and through its connections with the rod I the yoke Kwill be drawn down slightly, putting the spring J under tension andthrowing part of the weight of the weather-strip upon the member 0,thereby adjusting the mechanism, so that whenthe knob-shaft is turned inthe act of releasing the latch the-member O rocking with the shaft Mwill cause the yoke K to be raised, thus assisting-in raising theweather-strip, the spring Q also exerting a force in raising theWeather-strip as the bolt L moves longitudinally, tilting the lever Qunder the influen ce of said spring Q. When the bolt L returns to itsnormal position as the door swings open, the spring T will cause thelever T to tilt upon its pivot, and the rod W being moved longitudinallywill cause the angled arm V to be thrown underneath the lug G and holdthe weather-strip in its elevated position.

Having thus fully described'my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a door and frame therefor, a casing upon thedoor, a weatherstrip within said casing, angled levers pivotally mountedwithin the casing, pivotal link connections between said angled leversand weather-strip, a bar connecting said angled levers, a knob-shaft,means actuated thereby for tilting one of said angled levers, aspringactuated angled lever coo erating with the mechanism actuated by te knob-shaft for partially counterbalancing the weather-strip,

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means for holding the Weather-strip in a 1 0 raised position, saidspring actuated lever adapted to release the weather-strip-holding meansas the door is closed, as set forth.

2. In combination with a door and frame therefor, a casing upon thedoor, a weatherstrip within said casing angled levers ivotally mountedwithin the casing, pivotal link connections between said angled leversand weather-strip, a bar Connecting said angled levers, a yoke, aknob-shaft and means actuated thereby for raising said yoke, a rodconnecting said yoke with one of said angled levers, a spring bearingyieldingly against said yoke, a spring-actuated angled lever cooperatingwith said rod to partially counterbalance said weather-strip, means forholding the weather-strip in a raised position, and mechanism foroperating said spring-actuated lever, whereby the latter may cause saidholding means to be released to allow the weatherstrip to fall as thedoor is closed, as set forth.

3. In combination with a door and frame therefor, a casing upon thedoor, a weatherstrip within said casing, angled levers pivotally mountedwithin the casing, pivotal link 'connectionsbetween said angled leversand weather-strip, a bar connecting said angled levers, a knob-shaft, ayoke, means carried by said shaft for raisingsaid yoke, 'a casing inwhich said yoke is mounted, a spring bearing between said casing and theyoke, a rod passing through the yoke and connected to one of said angledlevers, a pivotal spring-actuated angled lever adapted to cooperate withsaid rod to partially counterbalance the weatherstrip, a lug upon one ofsaid angled levers, spring-actuated means for engagement with said lugwhereby the Weather-strip may be held in a raised position, and a rodfor operatingsaid spring-actuated angle-lever, whereby the latter maycause said holding means to be released to allow the weather-strip tofall as the door is closed, as set forth.

4. In combination-with a door and frame therefor, a casing upon thedoor, a weatherstrip within said casing, angled levers pivotally mountedwithin the casing, pivotal link connections between said angled leversand weather-strip, a bar connecting said angled levers, a knob-shaft, ayoke, means carried by said shaft for raising said yoke, a casing inwhich said yoke is mounted, a spring bearing between said casing and theyoke, a rod passing through the yoke and connected to one of said angledlevers, a spring-actuated angled lever mounted in the casing, 006erating with said rod to partially counter alance said weather-strip alug g upon one of said angled levers adapted to be engaged by an arm ofsaid spring-actuated lever, a lug Gr upon one of said angled levers, alongitudi-, nally movable rod W, a depending angled arm thereon adaptedto engage said lug G a spring-actuated pivotal lever T connected to saidrod W, and a lug t upon said lever T, and against which thespring-actuated angled lever is adapted to contact, whereby the rod Wmay be moved longitudinally and the depending angled arm thereofreleased from the lug upon the angled lever as the door is closed, asset forth.

5. In combination with a door and frame therefor, a casing upon thedoor, a weatherstrip within said casing, angled levers pivotally mountedwithin the casing, pivotal link connections between said angled leversand weather-strip, a bar connecting said angled levers, a lug upon oneof said angled levers, a

longitudinally-movable rod, an angled arm thereon adapted to engage saidlug, a springactuated lever connected to said rod, a lug upon saidspring-actuated lever, a pivotal spring-actuated angled lever,knob-actuating mechanism cooperating with the latter to partiallycounterbalance said weather-strip, a bolt secured to saidspring-actuated angled lever, and a plate against which the end of thebolt is adapted to contact as the door is closed, whereby the bolt maybe moved longitudinally and said angled arm released from thelug uponthe angled lever, to allow the weather-strip to fall, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

LEWIS W. WOODBURN.

